Chocolate-candy cooler



S. DEMPSEY.4 cHocoL/m: CANnYcooLER.

APPLlcATIoN FILED JUNE 21,1921. Patented Maly 2,1922.

' s. DEMPSEY.

CHOCOLATE CANDY COOLER.- APPLICTIONFILED JUNE 21, 19.21.

1,414,553; y .Patented May 2,1922. l 5' zSHEETS-SHEET 2.

'rares sENTERLoWnnrvirsiiY, or CHICAGO, inniiio'rs., l

CHOQQLATE-CANDY COOLEBH.

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To all LU/wm t may concern.' Y

Be it known that l, SnN'rERLow DEMPSEY, a citizenof the United States,and a resident of Chicago, Cook County and State of lllinois, haveinvented certainnew and useful improvements infChocolate-Candy Coolers,of which the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to candy coolers and its principal object is toprovidel a cooler of this class of simple, eflicient rand practicalconstruction, having a large rcapacity for a given size, wherein one orvmore attendants may place fresh uncooledcandy in the cooler,independently of each other, and each attendant may remove the candy(placed in the cooler by him) after ithas remained in the cooler for asufficient length of time to lp roperly cool and set orharden.Theinvention consists in the several novel features hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Fig. 1 is-a view of a :chocolate candy cooler embodying a simpleform of the invention` the view being partly in side elevation andpartlyin vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectiontaken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical Vcross-section takenon line3-3 of,l Fig. 1, with certain portions broken away; Fig. 4t is adetail end view of' a shelf section and tray; Fig. 5 is a horizontalsection through a modified form of the invention taken on line 5--5 ofFig.-

6 and Fig. 6 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring to said drawings, and first to Figs. 1 to i, inclusive, thereference character 10 designates a table, supported byflegs '1l `andhaving at one end a cabinet 12 extending fdaid table 10 furnishes a iiptherefrom. s convenient work bench for theV attendant to kpreparey thechocolate candies and place them on the trays (one ofwhich is seen at13Figs. 2 and 4) that are to be placed in the cooling chamber of thecabinet 12. n

Said cabinet 12 comprises a boXlike structure having top 14;, sides 15,and ends 16; the bottom may be formed by the table 10; The upper part 17of the cabinet is arranged to act as'an ice compartment, and an openingis provided in its top 14 which lopening is closed by a lid or cover.18. An openwork partition or grating 19, supported bythe sides and endsof the cabinet, supports the ice in the ice compartment, and a watershed 20 and drip pans 21 take care of the water,

* Application mea imma?, 192i.

Specification of Letters Patent. Tajign. Biggy 27 j gggq Serial no.45eme.l

as the ice melts. The water is discharged from the drip pans by wastepipes as usual. F lues are `provided at the sides of the cabinet for theascending air, and said flues maybe formed by providing verticalApartitions'22 that extend from the grating 19.150' a place adjacent thetop ofthe cabinet,l VThe cold air passes down around the water shed anddripy pans and into the cooling `chamberf24; therebelow, and thev warmerair K ascends through the Yfines at the sides ofthe cabinet, thus thecold air continually.'V vcirculatesthrough the cooling chamber,`maintaining therein a practically uniform cold tempera ture, suitablefor the purpose intended.

In the cooling chamber 2tris a rotating shelf 25, or there may beseveral rotating shelves 25, 25fL therein, one located abovek the other.Preferably in cases where one shelf 25 is used, its upper face is madeVflush v,with the upper face ofthe table 10, the latter in such casebeing cutout on a circular line to receive the rotatory shelf 25. Forthe sake of economy, lightness and convenience inv construction, and toobtain greater freedom of circulation the shelf 25 is'made up of aplurality of similar shelf sectionsY 26 and a hub portion 27, havin@Yspokes oi' arms v255, radiating therefrom, to which the shelf sections26 are secured. The hub portion 27 surrounds a post or'stem 29, and isfree to rotate thereon, it rests on a bearing collar 30 secured on abottom wall or floor 31. rlhe post or stem 29 is Vpreferably secured tothe collar 30 by set screw 32. lf desired, casters 33 may be secured tothe undersides of the rotatory shelf 25 near its outeredge, to run onthe bottom floor 31 and carry the weight of the shelf and its contents.VThe 'outer ends of the several shelf sections are connected to eachother by struts 34 to'pgive rigidity tothe shelf and to furnish meanswhereby the shelf may be readilyturned by the attendant.

lfdesired, each shelf section 26 :may have guide rails 35 secured on itsupper face, between which the trays 13 may be placed, and

a strip 36 may be' placed at the far end of through which filled traysmay be inserted i into the cooling chamber and placed on the shelfsections 26, and a door or cover v38 is provided for lsaid Opening 37 tokeep it closed', except when the attendant inserts a tray into thecooling chamber, and removes one therefrom. `Said Y door openingv 37 isplaced at a convenient place adjacent thevat tendants station. Y Y jMeans for rotating the ,shelf from a position outside ofthe cabinet isprovided and, as shown, comprises a pawl and ratchet mechanism,associated with the shelf andV connected to`- a lever or treadle outsidethe cabinet by any suitable connecting device.

1n the drawing, the ratchetdisc 40 is formed 45. A spring 46 secured tothe arm :42 and to thefloor 31-sei'vesitoireturn the arm and 'pavvl tonormal positon, after having been movedl by the lever 45 in turning. theshelf.

1nV cases lvvhere more than one rotatory shelfivis used'in the coolingchamber, the

other shelfQa or shelves are placed above the Vshelf 25 and properlyspaced therefrom. lSuch additional shelf may be rotatively supported .bya collar 39 secured tothepost 2%). The door opening 372L tothe table 25ais preferably made in theend .vall 16 opposite to Q the one containingthe opening 37, or in a v side vvall, and isy closed by a door 382k Saiddoor opening 3'?"L is placedk at a higher level than the openin' 37, so.as to be in front of the shelfQa. n separate table 10, or one formingpart of the structure, may bel proj vided for the attendant Working atthe side containing opening S, and said tableV is preferably raisedsufficiently to bring its u pper face flush with the upper face of theshelf 25. Y.. Y

In the operationof the cooler, they candy,

chocolate, centers, racks, trays and other with respect to the opening37.. The door is paraphernalia used .by an attendant are *placedV on thetable 10, Vand the attendant prepares the chocolate candies, `and placesthem onaltray 13 which, when i'illed, is in,-

lsertedk into the cooling chamber and placed on an adjacent shelfsection26 and the shelf given a partial revolution to bring the next adjacentshelf memberintol juxtaposition then. closed and another tray "filledwith candyand inserted into the cooling cham-V bei' and placed on theshelf section behind the opening37, the shelf moved another step i AAand the door closed. When the rst filled trayw has been moved around tothe opening 37, it ,ispremoved from the shelf and a tray of uncooledcandy placed on the shelf, and so on. r1"'he parts are so proportioned,and the airy in thel cooling chamberis kept at dies on a tray areproperly cooled from the Vtime they are inserted. in to the coolingsuch" a degree of temperature, that the can@V chamber and pass around tothe opening 87,

during theilling .of other trays forthe remaining shelf sections. i i y'The attendant rotatestlie shelf by reaching in through the opening 37and pushing the shelffaround, and' When the 4votherlshelf rofltatingmeansA is employed, he presses down on the lever 45,V therebyfrotatingthe'shelf one step and VVbringing an adjacent shelf section injuxtaposition with the opening 37. 'K

in the modilied form of theinventicn illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, theupright iva-ll 15b ofthe cabinet 12b is made circularin form, whichprovides for alarge number `of openings 37", thereby, providing foralarge number of attendants for theone machine. Three openings37b areshown, but it is obvious that a great many more may be had.A Theseopenings arey disposed at different heights, and the rotaryshelvesvbpai'e placed one abovethe other,as before, A.

Work table 10b may extend around the cabinet 12b, and additionaltablesmay be used to accommodate the material and paraphernalia for'theattendants. .1 i y. l/Vhile' the cooler has been designed particularlyfor4 cooling chocolate candies, it is sie to be understood that its use.is not confined thereto, as it maybe used for cooling or hardeningother candies;r l i p More or less variation of the exact details ofconstruction .is .possible Without depart-A ing from thespirit of thisinvention; 1 desire, therefore, not to limit Vmyself. to the4 exact formof the construction shown and described, but intend, in the followingclaim,

to point out ,all of the invention disclosed herein. I y I Y y Iclaim asnew anddesire to secure by Letters, Fatent A candy cooler'comprising acabinet, hav-- ing an ice compartment and a cooling chambertherebeloiv,and a plurality of tray receiving shelves rotatively mounted, one

above the other, in said chamber, and independently. movable therein,there being openings inthe Wall of said chamber 4for access toindividual shelves,-and disposed at different levels aroundthe chamberinfront of said shelves. Y

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